Bow Road is a

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station located on

Bow Road Bow Road is a thoroughfare in Bow, London, England. The road forms part of the A11, running from Aldgate to Norwich in Norfolk. To the west the road becomes Mile End Road, and to the east is Bow Interchange on the A12. The College of Tec ...

Bow, London Bow () is an area of East London within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is primarily a built-up and mostly residential area and is east of Charing Cross. It was in the traditional county of Middlesex but became part of the County o ...

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. It is on the

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and Hammersmith & City lines. The station is interlinked as an out of station interchange (OSI) with

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on the

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which is about away via

. The two stations are classed as a single station for ticketing purposes as well as on

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s but both managed separately.

Location

The station is situated on the road that reflects its own name, while a fire exit leads to Wellington Way. National rail c2c tracks and Mornington Grove road cross above the District line to the east of the platforms. Nearby landmarks include the Minnie Lansbury Memorial, Phoenix Primary and Secondary School, Thames Magistrates' Court, Bow Road police station and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The station serves a medium-sized population, as part of its catchment overlaps Mile End station.

History

The station was opened on 11 June 1902 by the

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(which was later incorporated into the District line), with the Hammersmith & City line (then the Metropolitan line) following in 1936. The Great Eastern Railway

Bow Road railway station Bow Road is a closed railway station in Bow, East London, that was opened in 1876 on the Bow Curve branch line by the Great Eastern Railway (GER). The station building was situated slightly west of a former North London Railway (NLR) stati ...

, which closed in 1949, stood on the opposite of Bow Road. Ownership of the station passed to London Underground in 1950.

Design and layout

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The station building is Grade II listed since 27 September 1973. Red bricks form the exterior facade, featuring stone eaves cornice and brick blocking course. The structure is topped with a slate roof, and has round arched doors. The doors are finished with fanlights, with four windows arranged alternately. An enclosed footbridge hangs across the platforms sheltered with canopies, both of which are made of wood. The canopies are barrel-vaulted, supported by cast iron beams and wall brackets, and hexagonal cast iron pillars. The pillars are arranged in line, following the curvature of the platforms. There are 12 pillars on one platform, while the other has 14. Bow, emerging from underground - geograph

Bow, emerging from underground - geograph

Bow Road station has two platforms, and marks the point where westbound trains from

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and

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enter a tunnel; the gradient of the tunnel approach, which is to the east of the station, is 1 in 28, the steepest on the tube network. The station platforms are below street level, where the western end of the platforms is in tunnel while the eastern end is in an open cutting. Other stations on the District Line are designed in a similar way, such as High Street Kensington and Sloane Square.

Services and connections

Bow Road is served by both the

and Hammersmith & City lines, between

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and Bromley-by-Bow stations, in

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. Off-peak services on the District line generally run between Richmond or Ealing Broadway to Upminster. During peak hours, trains also operate to Wimbledon. The typical off-peak services, in trains per hour (tph) are: *District line: **12 tph eastbound to Upminster **6 tph westbound to Richmond **6 tph westbound Ealing Broadway *Hammersmith & City line: **6 tph eastbound to Barking **6 tph westbound to Hammersmith London Buses services routes 25 and

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, local route

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, and night route N205 serve the station. Bow Road is connected east via

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of the same name to

on the

(DLR) as an out of station interchange (OSI); classed as a single station for ticketing purposes but are managed as separate stations.

References

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{{Metropolitan line navbox Hammersmith & City line stations District line stations Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Grade II listed railway stations London Underground stations located underground Tube stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Former Whitechapel and Bow Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1902 Bow, London